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More than 350 members of the Beaver Nation will take part in volunteer service projects this week in Oregon, California, Idaho, Washington, Hawaii and even Qatar.

Students on the OSU Global Formula Racing Team beat out 122 teams from China, Europe, South America and elsewhere in what is considered the top national prize in Formula SAE racing.

New hires, mostly in Arts and Sciences, are expected to have a positive impact on student learning, while endowed funds will help make salaries of top profs more competitive.

The OSU College of Agricultural Sciences is working with recent U.S. veterinary school graduates on the study of human diseases and birth defects using fish models.

Private gifts totaling $16 million from the Austin and Reser families move new building plans for the OSU College of Business into high gear. The $50-million facility will be named for the Austins.

Visitors to the Oregon State University campus can not only learn about OSU programs and people – they can open a window into the past by taking a walking historic tour of campus, guided by their mobile phone or other selected devices.

Visitors to the Oregon State University campus can not only learn about OSU programs and people – they can open a window into the past by taking a walking historic tour of campus, guided by their mobile phone or other selected devices.

OSU scientists have identified the genetic mechanisms that control formation of the abdominal wall in mammals, which may lead to new non-surgical solutions for hernias and other problems.

A multi-state effort to combat the spotted wing drosophila, which can devastate fruit crops, got a boost this week with the recommendation to approve a $5.8 million grant.

This Friday through Sunday, a number of events for the public as well as the campus community will keep everyone busy on the Oregon State University campus.

A key finding in a new study by OSU researchers shows that at-risk children who can self-regulate have higher reading, math and vocabulary achievement.

The Bailey family, proprietors of Orchard View, a large-scale sustainable cherry growing and packing operation, have an intense attachment to this land. They’ve been living on it and working it for generations – from the old homestead to the northeast, across the Columbia in Washington, to the farm itself, which Orchard View Chairman Bob Bailey’s paternal grandfather and his wife, Mable, established in 1923.

Caitlin Crimp, an Oregon State University biochemistry/biophysics major in OSU’s University Honors College, has been named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar.

The annual ROTC Joint Service Review at Oregon State University takes place on Friday, April 30, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Memorial Union quad.

OSU hires two professionals with decades of experience in higher education and private sector financial and management concerns to oversee budget planning and administrative services.

After a thorough self-study and external review, Oregon State's intercollegiate athletics program is certified once again by the NCAA, this time for 10 years.

Taralyn Tan, a 2008 graduate of Oregon State University in biochemistry and biophysics, has been awarded a Phi Kappa Phi Marcus L. Urann Fellowship, which provides $15,000 toward her graduate study in neuroscience at Harvard University.

OSU archaeologist Loren Davis and colleagues are excavating an underwater archaeology site in the Sea of Cortez using techniques they hope will find sites off the coast of Oregon.

The tropical invasion of lionfish throughout the Caribbean Sea is continuing and OSU scientists, funding by the National Science Foundation, are stepping up monitoring efforts to combat it.

The testing of whalemeat sold in sushi restaurants in Los Angeles, Calif., and Seoul, South Korea, suggests the products originated in Japan - and likely from "scientific whaling."

Deep-fried surimi seafood is a health food alternative? At the upcoming OSU Surimi School, participants will learn how fish proteins in surimi block oil during frying.

Nobel Prize laureate Jody Williams will give a free public lecture at OSU and then work with Northwest high school students on volunteerism as part of a program called PeaceJam.

The JumpstART program is a precollege visual and performing arts program. It is offered to high school students during the summers after their freshman through senior years in high school.

Five professionals from the world of wine and viticulture have been named as finalists for this key leadership position in the emerging wine institute at OSU.